So that you are heard by the City Planning Commission please send your concerns/e-mails to:     PCramer@nola.gov    before  June  6^th deadline

  Zoning Docket 62/12   Request by City Council Motion M-12-150

 The effected neighborhoods are in the areas of Prytania to Fontainebleau and S. Carrollton to Jefferson      

The impact on the surrounding neighborhoods  will be due to:

• Lack of information given these neighborhoods and their lack of in-put
•  Street closures during events
•  Undisclosed event schedule
•   Noise pollution and Trash
•    Lack of parking for a 30,000 guest facility
•    Devaluation of surrounding properties
•     No parking/traffic study provided to the neighborhoods as promised

                                         Voice your concerns.

The need for city over-sight on large structures in residential areas.                                                                       

Thank you

Mayor Landrieu’s State of the City 2012 Address

Hi all,

 

   The only NOLA park in this “Sprite Spark Parks” competition is Eddie Gatto Playspot. It is located across the street from my house in Gentilly. Yes we are still “recovering” from 2005! Please see instructions below and vote for Gatto in New Orleans.

 

 

The City of New Orleans has been selected as one of 25 parks across the USA to participate in a grant which will award a grant of up to 15K to Gatto Park to refurbish the basketball court. This is a grant opportunity through NRPA and Coke LLC. Local communities go to the following website, www.SpriteSparkParks.comto vote for their neighborhood park by doing the following:

 

1. Register onsite for username or use Facebook ID

2. Click on how it works

3. Enter the promo code: SPRITEPARKNOLA

4. Click vote now

5. Click Submit

 

 

   Thanks for your support.

Fay

e: FAY KAUFMAN <fydaka33 [at] yahoo.com>

Kingswood Homeowners Association in partnership with NORDC invites the community to a Free Movie In The Park- weather permitted. The featured film is Captain America, The First Avenger.

Date: Saturday, May 19th, 2012

Time: 7:30 PM

Location: 7181 Edgefield Drive. 

Concessions will be sold at reasonable prices. Please bring blanket, chairs and bug spray! NO PETS ALLOWED.

For more information, contact Melanie Thompson (504) 450-9650 - kingswood.homeowners@yahoo.com or Theresa Guillen (504) 460-6125 - tguillentp@att.net

All proceeds will be donated to Officers Anthony Mayfield and Michael Asevedo in care of the Louisiana Fraternal Order of Police Foundation.

Please join us for the NOPD Golf Tournament to Benefit Officers Anthony Mayfield, Jr. and Michael Asevedo on May 18, 2012, 9:00am. We will have a great day of golf at the beautiful Joseph M. Bartholomew, Sr Golf Course in New Orleans , LA. The event will include a 4-person scramble, lunch, awards, and free crawfish at the after party at Parlays. Free Abita Beer and beverages.  Hole-in-one contest with major cash prize.  Register now and remember to invite your friends to play. For more information and online registration go to the website:   http://www.golfdigestplanner.com/20693-NOPD/

Individual Golfer:                                             Foursomes:
$100.00                                                        $400.00

About Joseph M. Bartholomew, Sr Golf Course:

The Joseph M. Bartholomew Municipal Golf Course is an 18-hole, par 72-course measuring between 5,314 yards to 6,823. Owned and operated by the City of New Orleans Department of Parks and Parkways, the renovated course includes a double ended driving range, putting green and a fully stocked pro shop.

Originally opened as the Pontchartrain Golf Course in 1956, The Joseph M. Bartholomew Golf Municipal Course was renovated in 1979 and renamed to honor the first African-American inducted in the Greater New Orleans Sports Hall of Fame.

To register by check, please email  nopdgolftournament@gmail.com for details.

On Saturday, May 12, 2012 at 9:00 am, the New Orleans Police Department will team up with the Greater New Orleans / Jefferson Gun Buyback Committee to host the 2012 Gun Buyback Program at the Little Zion Baptist Church located at 4821 Earhart Blvd in New Orleans.  This is another great opportunity for the New Orleans Police Department to partnership with the community to ensure additional crime prevention and safety measures are taken by removing unnecessary guns from potentially dangerous situations. 

Let’s keep our Family, Friends and City safe from the use of

UNNECESSARY, UNWANTED & UNNEEDED GUNS !!!!         

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Handguns - $75.00   Rifles - $200.00

NO  QUESTIONS  ASKED

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Saturday, May 12, 2012

9:00 am – Until The Money Runs Out !

4821 Earhart Blvd, New Orleans 

Little Zion Baptist Church

• All payouts are in cash
• Working handguns and rifles accepted
• Bring all weapons unloaded
• Bring all weapons inside of a bag, container or case
• Keep weapons and ammunition in separate cases
• Don’t handle weapons at the event
• Free Health Screening
• Participate to win Door Prizes
• Free Gun Lock Kits while supplies last

________________________________________________________

Sponsored By:

The Greater New Orleans / Jefferson Gun Buyback Committee and 

New Orleans Police Department

For additional information, please contact (504) 658-5590 or email: sylbrown@nola.gov

On Thursday, May 10, 2012, the City of New Orleans Department of Public Works will hold its second abandoned vehicle auction for 2012. The auction, located at Almonaster Auto Pound, 10200 Almonaster Avenue, will begin at 9 a.m. Vehicle preview day and buyer registration is Wednesday, May 9, 2012 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. but no one will be admitted after 3:30 p.m. for security reasons.

• All vehicle information is currently on Brown’s Auction Web site,www.brownsauction.com.  Per the terms of the contract, the available vehicle list includes the VIN, make, model, and lien holder information. Any auction-related questions should be directed to Brown’s Auction Company at (337) 457-4919. 
• Prior to the auction, attempts are made to contact the vehicle’s owner or lien holder before the vehicles are added to the auction list. Vehicle owners or lien holders that pay all fines and fees are able to retrieve their vehicles prior to the auction. 

• Cash or cashier’s check required 
• Payment must be received on the day of the auction. If payment is not received, the purchased vehicle will be placed on the list for the next scheduled auction, the buyer’s $50 deposit is forfeited and the bidder is barred from participation in future auctions. 
• A $50 administrative fee will be added for each purchased vehicle which gives the buyer a notarized title to that vehicle 
• City employees and relatives of City employees are forbidden from purchasing any vehicles at the auction.

City of New Orleans Dept. of Sanitation
Household Hazardous Materials Collection

Sat, May 12 - 8:00 A.M. to 1:00 P.M.

2829 Elysian Fields Avenue

FOR ORLEANS PARISH RESIDENTS ONLY

PROOF OF RESIDENCY REQUIRED: VALID DRIVER’S LICENSE OR BRAKE TAG

ITEMS ACCEPTED ON MAY 12^TH ONLY

*BATTERIES (household/auto)

*TELEVISIONS

*AEROSOLS

*INCANDESCENT BULBS

*PAINT (Latex and oil based)

*HOUSEHOLD CLEANERS   

*FLUORESCENT BULBS

*PAINT THINNER, VARNISH

*DRAINO, BLEACH

*PESTICIDES

*GROUT

*FLAMMABLE LIQUIDS

*GARDEN CHEMICALS

*OIL, GASOLINE

*MERCURY DEVICES

*MURIATIC ACID

*ANTIFREEZE

* POOL SHOCK

ITEMS ALSO ACCEPTED ON MAY 12th AND AT ALL MONTHLY (SECOND SATURDAY) DROP OFF DAYS

Paper (newspaper/magazines/office paper/junk mail/phone books)

*Ink Jet cartridges, toner cartridges

*Digital cameras, DVRs,

digital picture frames

Metals (aluminum/steel/tin)

*Laptops

*Stereos and Speakers

Plastics (#1 through #3)

*Printers and Fax machines

*Telephones, cords, systems

*Cell Phones/Beepers/Pagers

*Uninterruptible Power Supplies

*Security Systems

*Computers, processors, monitors

*Circuit Boards

*GPS devices

*Xboxes, Playstations, Wii

*MP3 players

*DVD Movies & Video games

Not accepting: explosives, radioactive materials, medical waste, asbestos, glass, hazardous waste from businesses or schools

*These items should never be placed in garbage or curbside recycling carts or bins

FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO BECOME A SPONSOR:

Email Sanitation@nola.gov or call (504) 658-3800.

Sponsored by: Keep New Orleans Beautiful, CACRC, The Green Project, FCC Environmental, Sewerage and Water Board, Materials Management Group, The Young Leadership Council, Office of Neighborhood Engagement, Office of Coastal and Environmental Affairs, Office of Code Enforcement, Mosquito, Termite and Rodent Control Board, DPM, DPW, NOPD, NOFD, NOEMS, OPSO.